Persuasive
Topics
Many
useful sites for controversial topics may be blocked by Internet filtering
software. Ask your library staff for assistance if you have this
problem. Once
you select a topic, you may also want to use library books to strenghten your
argument.
There
are three databases here to use. They are Gale Virtual Reference Library, Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center, and Global Issues in Context. For this assignment
use Opposing Viewpoints.
Argumentative Essay
Topics. This site offers many topic choices. Click on the
topic, a thesis statement is provided and web sites discussing both sides of
the issue.
Public Agenda Online.
Contains current issues from abortion to social security. Each issue includes
background, public opinion and links to resources and sources. Click
on Issue Guides
Public Policy Issues and
Groups. Contains current issues from cloning to youth
suicide. Each issues links to internet sites that provide more information.
You Debate provides the currently debated
issues, as well as a directory of broad categories such as health, religion
and politics. Search by keyword. You are a couple of clicks away from the actual
information. TIP:
Search
using "pro issues" or "con issues" to find arguments.
Controversial
Issues -- many topics from Santa Ana College
Controversial
Issues -- list from Penn State
Controversial
Issue Starter Links -- from Baltimore Public Schools
Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues --Facts,
news, and thousands of diverse pro
and
con opinions on controversial topics.
Hot
Topics -- from University of Louisville
Topics All about important events, trends and subjects by year-- from CNN
Research
Guide
on
Paper
Topics -- from University Library at California State University, Long Beach--
scroll down to see many other links to topics of interest
The role of
homework in improving school quality -- 54 page paper from the University
of California, San Diego
Getting the Most Out of Homework
Homework Pays
Off --from theLeland Stanford Junior University
Letter
to the Editor of a Local Newspaper -- from Stop Homework.com
Research
review: What research says about the value of homework --
from
The
Center
for Public Education
Parents:
Too much homework Even grade schoolers toil for hours a night -- article
from the San Francisco Chronicle
What's Wrong With Standardized Tests?
Standardized Testing
and Its Victims --from EDUCATION WEEK September 27, 2000
Measuring What Matters Least
Standardized Tests Face a Crisis Over Standards
Alternatives to Standardized Tests
Emancipation of minors - laws
Emancipation of a Minor
Emancipation in the United States
Emancipation of a Minor
NBA
rookies: from high school to million$ - teenagers drafted directly from high
school into the National Basketball Association
Should
NBA coaches be allowed to scout student athletes prior to high school
graduation? looks good but you would need to check the facts
High school kids should be allowed to be drafted into the NBA.
HLS's McCann shoots, scores with research on high school players entering NBA
draft
Early Risers--
from LA Times
More
on the Michael Vick case -- from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Goodell to consider
Vick's remorse -- from ESPN.com news services
Michael
Vick playing prison football -- from NYDailyNews.com
Falcons'
Vick Indicted In Dogfighting Case -- from the Washington Post
Saving
Michael Vick's Dogs -- from the Washington Post
Obama Stimulus Package
Really Socialism? -- from Fox News
Will
Obama's Stimulus Package Work? -- from Time Magazine
European
Leader Assails American Stimulus Plan -- from the NY Times
A
Trillion Dollar Barack Obama Stimulus Package Could Spur Inflation -- from
the US News and World Report
Obama, in
His New Role as President-Elect, Calls for Stimulus Package -- from the NY
Times
Bibliography Sites
MLA Style
Citation Machine
Citing Sources -- from
Oregon School Library Information System
KnightCite -- from Calvin
College
MLA Style Guide --
from Capital Community Technical College, Hartford, CT.
Noodle Tools Quick Cite --
from NoodleTools, Inc.
Soquel
High School's Citation Guide
Using
Modern Language Association (MLA) Format -- From Purdue Univ.
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